Genome Evolution Course – 2009-2010

Evolution by Protein Domains

 

 

Presentation DRAFT: PPT or PDF

Essay version


Topics

  1. Protein domains are structural units
  2. Protein domains are distinct evolutionary units
  3. Domains at the sequence level
  4. The size of the protein universe
  5. Promiscuous domains

Suggested reading

·         The genome of the choanoflagellate, the closest known relatives of metazoans.

 

Assignment

 

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Itai Yanai, yanai@technion.ac.il